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Tuna salad like you've never had before. Good enough to serve at a formal or informal luncheon. The asparagus adds the extra crunch and flavor. The sun-dried tomatoes and Dijon vinaigrette made with aged Balsamic vinegar really lifts the tuna salad to new heights.
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A classic tapas dish from Spain, also known as "Sizzling Chili Shrimp". This shrimp is served really hot, hence the name. The oil should still be sizzling, and it is usually brought to the table with a plate of bread perched on top.
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A spicy, aromatic, ingredient-filled stew. The result is memorable and satisfying. Feel free to experiment
and to add more or less of anything according to your
fancy. This recipe will serve 4-6.
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This unusual warm salad makes the most of a few key ingredients to achieve a wonderful medley of flavors and textures.

The fruity, mellow flavor of fresh chanterelles makes an excellent counterpoint to the salty tang of good blue cheese. Nutty sherry vinegar and a buttery olive oil add their own notes. A salad to be savored!

A classic Bolognese sauce is one of the big, heavy sauces, filled with meat. It is a long-cooking sauce that needs a slow simmering to tenderize the meat and transfer the flavor to the sauce.

This version, however, using mushrooms, cooks in less than a third of the time without compromising the intense flavor. You can be creative and use any mushrooms you wish, especially the ones you pick yourself!
s thickened and fragrant. Stir occasionally and continue to cook for about 30 minutes.

Add the herbs to the sauce and simmer for another five minutes. Remove from the heat and check for seasonings.

Add the pasta and toss to coat. Place the mixture in a large serving bowl and shave the Pecorino over the pasta.

This is one of those Italian classics that is best made with just-picked vine ripened tomatoes. It's incredibly easy to make and is always a hit - the smell of roasting fresh tomatoes and garlic is guaranteed to drive everybody to distraction.

This updated version of an Italian classic is perfectly suited to the modern American kitchen. The naturally sweet, delicate flavor of artichokes is the perfect counterpoint to the rich savory taste of porcini mushrooms. If you prefer a vegetarian version, just replace the veal stock with vegetable or mushroom stock.
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It seems that trendy restaurants are constantly "re-discovering" new ingredients that are actually very old traditional foods. Hog jowl (guanciale in Italian), a bacon-like cured pork, is one such "hot" ingredient. Old timers have never forgotten about them and have relished their rich layers of flavor and texture for generations. It's only fitting that we pair them up with ramps, another old-time country food, in this updated version of the Italian classic, Pasta alla Carbonara.

As with most Italian pasta dishes, there is relatively little sauce. The eggs are added to the sauce raw, and cook with the heat of the pasta itself, forming a coating on the noodles, with chewy nuggets of hog jowl scattered among them.
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Grilled to a golden brown and smothered with rosemary sauce, this rack of lamb, when separated into succulent chops, will become a favorite. Perfect for informal garden parties or for an elegant occasion.
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The mouth-watering smell of this pork tenderloin cooking on the grill is simply impossible to resist. Be sure to make extra...it tastes delicious chilled, sliced and on sandwiches.
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This is a recipe adapted from
chef Dean Fearing. It isn't difficult to prepare, but it requires exceptionally
fine quality ingredients. The baby artichokes should be especially tender.
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Consider the humble potato. Cheap, dependable and nourishing - potatoes are a comforting and familiar staple.
But the potato can also be your ticket to foodie paradise in this upscale version of the classic Twice-Baked Potato. Organic truffle oil elevates this savory dish to the heights of flavor. No lowly tuber, this!
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The ultimate potato chip! When you really want to go over the top, this is the chip of choice. Scatter a few of these alongside a gourmet sub, atop a piece of perfectly grilled fish or a sizzling steak, or stick a few into the top of a mound of fluffy mashed potatoes as an eye-catching unexpected garnish. Guaranteed to make heads turn and eyes roll!
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This is a recipe best reserved for a day when you're in the mood to "fuss" a bit. Still, the orange juice and wine work well to dress up a chicken and make it into a truly memorable experience. The bricks help to hold the moisture in the chicken, and to flatten it for a unique presentation.
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Tajine (or tagine) vies with couscous as Morocco's national dish. Tajine is both the name for a vast number of stew-like dishes and the earthenware utensil in which they are cooked. Fish, chicken, lamb or other meats are simmered with an assortment of vegetables, fruits, olives, lemons, herbs and spices to produce richly fragrant, tart, spicy and sweet flavors. Outside of Morocco, traditional tajine pots are hard to find, but we've found that an ordinary covered pot or casserole will work just fine.
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This simple, but oh-so-mouthwatering recipe has become a standard in our house. It's easy and most of the prep can be done ahead of time.
The meaty leg quarters taste best if grilled over natural wood coals such as mesquite or hickory, but they can be baked in the oven. A perfect picnic item.
This lovely recipe comes to us from "Cucina Fresca" by Viana LaPlace & Evan Kleiman.
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This is not exactly a traditional Irish dish, but it's typical of the "new Irish" cooking - solidly Irish ingredients and preparations, updated to suit contemporary palates.
As you cut into crispy "rolls", the creamy, smoked salmon-flavored potato and cabbage mixture oozes out! Leftover mashed potatoes are perfect for this dish, but if you don't have any, it's good enough that you'll want to make them from scratch!

Risotto is perhaps the most beloved dish in the Italian repertoire. It lends itself extremely well to variations. Wonderfully creamy and rich, it is served either as a good first course,or as an accompaniment to any meal. This particular version is as rustic as you can get and is comfort food to the nth degree!
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Paella, like many dishes, is an individual experience.
The chef should feel free to add favorite ingredients,
or to leave others out, depending on personal
preference. This recipe will make about 8 servings.
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A dignified way to have a delicious "sauce" handy at a moment's notice. Once you have made this intriguingly deep-flavored butter and chilled it, you can use it to liven up meat, poultry and seafood! A most versatile butter to have handy in your fridge. It freezes well, so you can make enough for later use.
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Aioli is essentially a garlicky mayonnaise that is a traditional sauce and spread in the Provencal region of France. Our version incorporates a North American native, the wild ramp (or wild leek), in place of the garlic. The resulting mixture with rich flavors of egg, olive oil and pungent ramps, bears little resemblence to commercial mayonnaise. The small amount of effort required is amply rewarded by the luxurious taste & feel of a classic condiment, updated for our enjoyment.
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Black walnuts possess an earthy, intense flavor very different from the "tame" flavor of the familiar English walnut. For some, this distinctive flavor is an acquired taste; for others, it's love at first bite.

Given the intense flavor of black walnuts, black walnut oil is much milder in flavor than you might expect. It has a surprisingly rich, buttery texture with complex notes reminiscent of truffle oil. It's robust enough to hold its own with full-flavored ingredients, like wild mushrooms, yet it's never overpowering or cloying.

Add the woodsy flavor of fire-grilled chanterelle mushrooms and the sweetness of ripe pears, and you just might find that this is a salad to remember.
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Chanterelle mushrooms have often been said to have a fruity flavor and aroma reminiscent of apricots. It's true that chanterelles and apricots go very well together. In this recipe, fresh chanterelles are combined with dried apricots in a sweet-savory filling for chicken breasts.

Place 1/2 tablespoon of the filling in the center and fold in half. Be sure to press from the inside toward the outside, removing all air as you go. (An air bubble will cause the ravioli to explode in the boiling water.) Press down the edges with a fork to seal and make a pattern around the edge.

Place on a baking sheet that is topped with a sheet of wax paper and is very lightly sprinkled with flour. Cover with plastic to keep from drying out.

Place the ravioli in a large pot of boiling, salted, water for 8 to 10 minutes or until the dough is done.

Serve with a white cheese sauce (gorgonzola is good.) Be sure to use the reserved soaking milk in the sauce.

Eggplant and oyster sauce are frequently featured
together in many Asian recipes. Since the slightly
sweet, mild flavor and tender texture of veal and
eggplant seem to go together naturally, we couldn't help
but combine them and then take things a step further by adding a little
truffle to the mix.

A stylish and delicious way to use our "Spring Trio", fresh wild mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns and ramps (wild leeks). The flavors all co-mingle into a dance of Spring. An easy to prepare frittata that is elegant and flavorful!
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We like black garlic. I mean, we like it A LOT!
In fact, we like black garlic so much that we can't help but keep coming up with new ways to use it. Black garlic's subtly sweet and complex flavor goes beautifully with the fruity tang of Pomegranate Molasses and roasted root vegetables in this new recipe. After a little experimentation, we came up with this variation on a classic roasted game hen that is succulent and amazingly delicious.

While you're at it, make up a little extra of the black garlic butter described below. It's great on just about everything - toasted baguette rounds, baked potatoes or simply dolloped onto grilled steaks, chicken breasts, fish or vegetables.

An interesting and flavorful salad tossed together with an eclectic choice of Spanish Olive Oil and Minus 8, a relatively new vinegar, delicious, full-bodied, fruity, shrouded in mystery, and available in only very limited quantities. It will make your taste buds sing and dance with delight! Perfect for a formal luncheon or dinner or just because you deserve it.
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